ETA on Advanced Class change?

What about the people who wish to avoid group issues by asking that BW not increase the numbers of people who have no idea how to play their class which is what would happen if class changes were allowed? Are their desires any less valid than your desire to avoid group issues by forcing a mandatory AC pick at level 10?

what a weak *** reasoning to not allow AC change.

You aren't the first to ask this question, read the thread for your answer. Also, I'm not smug, I'm sure you take it that way. Regardless, wanting things without putting in effort that others have for said thing is the epitome of lazy. No more approprite adjective comes to mind for this situation.

News flash.

"People want it" isn't exactly a strong reason.

neither is "we dont want it just because we dont like it", both is a incredibly a weak reason to (not) allow AC change and only stems from personal biases.

How do you figure? None of these classes are rocket science and what would happen if someone changed their AC would be that they'd have a short learning period (one easily mitigated by the Dulfy guides) and then they'd be playing their new AC just as well as their old one.

There wouldn't be any group issue above and beyond those we have now. People who don't know how to play their current AC wouldn't know how to play a new one, people who know how to play one would easily know how to play the other...

What the hell does W0W have to do with anything? Roles are already interchangeable with respecs. What "negative" Rat??? WHAT NEGATIVE are you talking about? Give me one...I've asked you at least 4 times now and you have NO VALID ARGUMENT against it. NONE!
Ah! You're scared. I can understand that, but there are already plenty of players at 55 who have no flipping clue how to play their class. If you're afraid you'll get grouped with one of them, solo stuff or run with folks you know. Problem solved. This is no different than returning players not having any clue how their class worked...they'll learn.

And yes. The mandatory AC pick at 10 was because picking an AC (ANY AC) improves your characters group functionality. Which AC you pick isn't important, but picking one DOES improve group play. But like I said, screw it. Let it be as it is. It's easy to see if someone hasn't picked one so let the community police itself on that one...it's a non-issue.

Get rid of AC altogether. Pick your class at level 1. Problem solved.

News Flash:

You are given a choice not to do an AC change but other players can if they wish to do so, since well...you don't pay their sub now do you?

Pro-AC change offers choice.

You offer no choice, only put self-rules in place to restrict other players game experience.

Well, to be honest BW brought this on them selves by splitting classes into two similar subclasses instead of just making 8 unique classes. We wouldn't even have this discussion if so much of the "base" class wasn't shared by both sub-classes.

Unfortunately, there ARE enough similarities to justify allowing AC changing, if for no other reason than for players to take a favored character that they put a lot of effort into or consider their "main" and switch to the other spec that may be more suited to their play style.

It is pretty hard to get a good feel for how well you mesh with a play style until you actually hit 50/55 and get it's full potential. Some people might prefer the Trooper over the Counselor but be unsure if they should go Commando or Trooper and if they pick wrong they might not find out how wrong until after they've put a ton of time into it.

I do not advocate allowing AC change as willy-nilly as spec change, but I do think people should get a chance to change their mind without having to start all over from the beginning.